Location
Remote - Düsseldorf, Germany
Job ID
R0144129
Date Posted
2026-09-21
Company Name
HITACHI EUROPE GMBH (GERMANY)
Profession (Job Category)
Sales, Marketing & Product Management
Job Schedule
Full time
Remote
No
Job Description
Job Description in English language
Through its Social Innovation Business that brings together IT, OT(Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi contributes to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates globally in four sectors - Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries - and the Strategic SIB Business Unit for new growth businesses. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi generates value from integrating data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2024 (ended March 31, 2025) totaled 9,783.3 billion yen, with 618 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 280,000 employees worldwide. Visit us at www.hitachi.com .
Senior Director Biotech Business Development (m/w/d)
Role Purpose
Lead the scientific, technical and commercial development of Hitachi's biological methanation activities, including pilot execution, process validation, partner ecosystem development and market entry for renewable e-methane solutions in EMEA and selected global regions. The role combines advanced biotechnology competence with techno-economic business development, supporting Hitachi Power Solutions, Japan-based business units and external partners in translating BioCatalystalyst and Power-to-Methane technologies into scalable industrial applications.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
Methanation Pilot Project Execution Provide scientific and technical advisory for Osaki Coolgen and related pilot projects, from process design review through commissioning, performance validation and operational stabilization. Assess biological methanation process parameters, bioreactor integration, gas quality requirements, control philosophy and interface conditions with hydrogen, CO2 and gas-grid infrastructure. Define corrective actions, continuous-improvement measures and installation guidance based on operating data, laboratory results and supplier documentation. Support selection and management of technology partners, EPC interfaces, specialist suppliers and laboratory resources, including technical benchmarking and executive reporting.
Business Development
Conduct scientific, regulatory and techno-economic market analysis for biomethanation, biomethane, e-methane, biogas upgrading, carbon capture and utilization, RFNBO and renewable gas markets. Identify and qualify business opportunities with utilities, biogas operators, industrial CO2 emitters, renewable hydrogen producers, gas infrastructure companies, maritime fuel stakeholders, public-affairs bodies and research institutions. Develop commercially robust business cases, including feedstock strategy, CO2 and H2 sourcing assumptions, regulatory value drivers, licensing options, revenue models, cost scenarios and risk-adjusted project economics. Translate Hitachi's European growth ambition into a focused pipeline of projects, partners and investment cases aligned with the EMEA growth strategy and global Power-to-Gas opportunities.
IP-Management
Manage and execute all relevant Patent issues with Hitachi Ltd., external IP-Lawyer firms and effected countries and business entities.
Product and Process Development
Lead and coordinate the development roadmap for biological methanation and BioCatalyst processes, including scale-up, BioCatalystalyst performance, process intensification, modularization and digital performance monitoring. Define laboratory and pilot priorities, experimental requirements, data governance, validation protocols and knowledge-transfer mechanisms for Hitachi teams and external partners. Integrate new market and regulatory insights into technology deployment, including grid-injection requirements, eLNG pathways, industrial heat applications and transport-fuel opportunities. Maintain and strengthen Hitachi's position in biological methanation through alliances, technology scouting, intellectual-property awareness and structured innovation reporting.
Cross-Cultural Stakeholder Collaboration
Act as the senior technical-commercial liaison among Hitachi Europe, Hitachi Power Solutions, Japanese business units, EMEA partners, suppliers and research organizations. Ensure clear requirements, disciplined information flow and culturally sensitive collaboration across Japan, Europe and other strategic regions while maintaining strong delivery orientation.
Technology and Market Scope
Bio-methanation technology features Biological conversion of CO2 and renewable H2 into grid-quality CH4 using specialized A
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